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Show TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1999 PAGE3 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS Students take stand aga_ i nst phones/pagers The bill's sponsorship was later retracted after being proposed to Faculty Senate President Earl Mulderink, who felt that the issue was Students at SUU have alw2s been not suitable to present to the faculty allowed to bring pagers and cellular senate. phones into class. However, to some The bill was designed to inform students, the ringing and beeping can students that cellular technology may become an annoyance. be causing a problem in classrooms. To those ~erious students, it Now, Louthan feels that it is up to the becomes a distraction. For others, it faculty to do something. has an e.lement of comic relief. "The problem is that it is not the In one recent incident regarding a Student Senate's job to pass bills cell phone conversation an entire class based on faculty involvement. There is overheard a student and his great student support, but we have no conversation partner arguing about control of any policy Olthis nature," who took·the dog out last. said Louthan. At times like this, it should be the Louthan said Mulderink suggested professor who takes responsibility for - the creation of a policy outlining overall informing students of perso~ classroom expectations, instead of classroom expectations. singling out cellular phones and SUlJSA Sen. Bruce Louthan, pagers. representative for the College of Louthan suggested the idea of going Humanities and Social Sciences, to his department and stating that it recently sponsored a bill asking that has been a problem for some students. · audible cellular phones and pagers · suggesting to the head of the not be brought to classes for private department that some students are communication purposes," unless it is having a problem with it and asking absolutely necessary. . that at the next staff meeting to The bill also suggested that it ·would address the issue at the beginning of be appropriate for instructors to course, then I think all colleges will address this issue at the beginning of begin addressing the idea." each class during syllabus orientation." BY SARAH SCOTT JOURNAL STAFF WRITER A bird's eye vielN of SUU · The National Guard brought a Blackhawk helicopter to SUU Thursday and several faculty and staff members were able to take a ride around Ko/ob Canyon, Cedar Canyon, then back to SUU by way of 1-15, courtesy of the RO TC. Some riders said the Gerald R. Sherratt Library and the campus look small from above. TV actor to speak Grad deadlines are near Veteran television actor Gordon Jump, probably best known for his roles as Arthur Carlson on CBS TV's WKRP In Cincinnati and as 01' Lonely in commercials for the Maytag Corporation, will speak at SUU Thursday. The 7:30 p.m. lecture in the Sharwan Smith Center Ballroom is being co-sponsored by the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts and by the university's Convocation committee. The presentation is free, and the general public is invited to attend. Jump will also conduct master classes with acting and directing students in the theatre arts and dance ordon department Thursday and G Friday. Anyone interested in the classes is invited to attend, according to Charles Metten, dean of the College of Performing and Visual Arts. Question and answer sessions are scheduled Thursday from 10-11 :30 p.m. and at 1:15-2 p.m. brown bag luncheon. Both sessions w ill be held in the Great Basin Room of the Sharwan Smith Center. In addition to a four-season run as Carlson on WKRP In Cincinnati and a two year run in a sequel, The New WK.RP, Jump has appeared on many of the most popular television series. He has performed in guest roles on such programs as Golden Girls, Night Court. Seinfeld, Baywatch, Murder, She Wrote, Caroline in the City, and many more. "Gordon Jump's range of professional e·xperience is exceptionally broad," Metten said. "In addition to feature films, television roles, and a host of commercial spots, Gordon has written and produced radio shows, and performed in a variety of little theaters and showcases.· Jump is a graduate of Kc\nsas State University · where he majored in speech. After serving as production director of a JurflP radio station in Topeka, Kan., and as manager of special broadcast services at a station in Ohio, Jump moved to Hollywood where he eventually landed a bit part in TV's The Daniel Boone Show. From there, his career. blossomed with a stream of guest spots including parts in Get Smart, Mary Tyler Moore, Mannix, and Lou Grant. Jump spends much of his free time participating in a variety of charity events. He hosts telethons for various causes and is the celebrity chairperson for the Bob Hipple Laboratory for Cancer Res~arch in Dayton, Ohio. The first deadlines for students expecting to graduate from SUU this spring are rapidly approaching. Graduation worksheets, which serve as a guide for graduation eligibility, are to be completed by the student, signed by the student's adviser a.nd department chair, and delivered to the dean of the student's academic college for signature not later than Nov. 15. The · completed worksheet, with the dean's . signature. is to be returned to the Registrar's · Office by Dec. 1. The worksheets are now available at the SUU Registrar's Office in the rotunda of the Sharwan Smith Center. The worksheet is intended to help each student determine any graduation requirements that still need completing before he or she registers for spring semester classes," Sheila Johnson, assistant registrar, said. ·we are encouraging students to return their·completed worksheet as early as possible, and not to wait until the Dec. 1 deadline.· Once a student is assured that he/she is on schedule for graduation this spring, he/she has a Dec. 1 deadline to pay a $10 diploma fee at the Cashier's Office in the Sharwan Smith Center. •A later deadline in the commencement process comes Feb. 1 when students are to be fitted for a cap and gown at the Alumni House. 290 W. Center. Those fittings tnay be completed anyt.i me between now and the deadline," Johnson said. "That same date is the deadlin·e to pay the cap and gown rental fee at the cashier's office. Rental for bachelor's degree gowns will be about $16, and the rental price for master's degree gowns will be about $22." Graduating students who have received NDSUPerkins Loans need to arrange for an exit interview with the student loan collect.ion manager. Appointments can be arranged by calling 586-7728 three weeks before the spring semester ends. In addition, students who have received Stafford Loans (GSL) are required to complete an exit interview with the Financial Aid Office. Appointments may be made by calling 5867735, but are not required. ·we should be able to handle 'walk-ins,'" Rex Michie, director of . financial aid, said. Convo is available at other times Presentations in the popular SUU Convocations Series are accessible to those unable to attend the Thursday 11 :30 a.m. programs in person. Both KSUU-FM, the university's radio station, and SUTV, the student-operated television station, offer broadcasts of each convocation presentation. KSUU-FM (91 .1 FM) broadcasts the programs live each week. SUW (Cedar City Channel 9 cable TV) presents a delayed broadcast of each week's program at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The program is also re-broadcast at 10 a.m. Monday (Tuesday, if Monday is a holiday) , 7:30 p.m . Wednesday, and 10 a.m. Thursday. In addition, videotapes of the convocations presentations may be obtained through the university's ·Media Center (586-7940) and through the communication department (586-7861), The Media. Center is a repository for programs from 1987 through April of 1999. More current Convocation videotapes are available from the communication department. "The Media Center will have tapes available about three months after the original program.· Carol Gale, Convocations coordinator, said. "The presentations cover a broad spectrum of topics and viewpoints which may be of interest to members of the general public." . \' |